Package-tie.



F. BUSH.

PACKAGE TIE.

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FRITZ BUSE, OF TERRA NOVA, LULU ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

PACKAGE-TIE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2st, 1914:.

Application filed. December 17, 1912. Serial No. 737,250.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Fnrrz BUsn, a citizen of the United States, residingat Terra Nova, Lulu Island, in the Province of British Columbia andDominion of Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements inPackage-Ties, of which the following is a. specification.

This invention relates to a package tie for use especially in tyingtrunks, bales, or boxes, and has for an object to provide a device ofthis character which is very durable and which may be readily appliedupon the article to be tied so as to securely tie the same.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter comprising a flexible tie member and a connection between themeeting ends of the same in the form of a clamping lever, whereby atight fastening may be obtained.

The invention consists in the features of construction, combination andarrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a package having a. tie constructed inaccordance with the invention applied thereto; and, Fig. 2 is afragmentary side elevation of the tie showing the clamping lever in itsinoperative position.

Referring to the drawing, it will be seen that I have provided apackage-tie which adapted especially for use upon boxes, trunks, orbales, and which may be operated in the act of applying or detaching thesame from the box or other article when the said article is in closequarters, as should be understood more fully as the descriptionprogresses.

This tie includes a flexible member 16 which is preferably in the -formof a metallic wire, but which may be constructed of a flat strip ofmetal, or of any other suitable material. In this instance, a head 17 isformed on one end of the member 16 by twisting the wire into the desiredshape, and a securing loop 18 is formed in similar manner on the sameend of the wire in suitable proximity to the head 17. The opposite endof the member 16 is provided with an attaching loop 1:) for thereception of the pivoting eye member 20, which latter is provided with astud 21 rotatably mounted within an opening 2:2 in the clamping lever 23employed in connection with this tie. One arm of this lever is providedwith a bifurcated engaging extremity 2a which is adapted to engage theopposite end of the member 16 in close abutment with the head 17, andhas its operating arm 25 provided with a slot 26 for the reception ofthe securing loop 18 when the said lever is in its innermost operativeposition parallel to the adjacent surface of the article upon which thetie is mounted. A locking pin 27 is adapted to be inserted in the loop18 after the clamping lever has been placed in engagement therewith soas to lock the lever in this position.

In bringing the clamping lever into its operative position after itsengaging extremity has been placed in engagement with the head 17 ot'the tie, the said lever is generally moved tlnough a plane perpendicularto the surface of the bale or other article, but this operation issometimes impracticable owing to the limited space existing between thesaid article and another article, a wall or the like. In this case, thelever may be swung in a plane disposed approximately parallel to thesurface referred to, owing to the rotatable engagement of the stud 21 ofthe eye member within the lever opening 22.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it will be evident that I have provided a simple and eflicientpackage tie which is adapted for various uses, and which willefi'ectively clamp the package upon which it is used, and which cannotpossibly slip or become loosened when in secured position.

hat is claimed is:

A package tie comprising a flexible tie member having its free endsadapted to overlap each other, a head formed upon one end of saidmember, the other member being bent to form a loop, a clamping leverhaving an engaging extremity adapted to engage with the said head of thetie member and provided with a medial opening a pivoting member havingits body portion rotatably mounted within the opening in the lever andbeing provided with an eye in the outer end thereof connected with thesaid loop of the tie member, the said lever In testimony whereof I affiXmy signature being adapted to be forced 1nto engagement in presence oftwo Witnesses.

with the end portion of the tie member bear- FRITZ BUSE ing the headWhen its engaging extremity 5 is engaged With the head to cause tensionWitnesses:

upon the said tie member, and means for G. C. WVooDWARD,

securing the lever in its operative position. J. B. COLVARD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G.

